Nifty’s got a point. Boston didn’t draft a single one of its current defensemen. One would think the B’s might have looked into a hometown stud like Carlson, but they actually passed on both him AND Del Zotto in the 2008 draft to pick up Joe Colborne.

How do the Rangers get young defensemen like Girardi/Del Zotto or the Caps having Alzner/Carlsson? Oh they draft them you say. What a novel approach. How do you go about that. Scouting? Luck? The farm is barren so who planted this crop?